Drakhra Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Hi, i have windows xp already installed and set up on one of my harddrives (d:) but i am on my mac on c:, how do i use parallels to get my d: windows running through mac, if parallels cannot do this, what can? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 You can not use a pre-existing setup of Windows XP in Parallels. If you want to run it from a physical partition you would need to start with a fresh install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakhra Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 fresh install of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 A fresh install of Windows XP. Let me try to be more clear. Number one, I assume you are on a hackintosh. If you were on an actual Mac then I would assume the Windows XP you have installed would be under BootCamp. If that was the case we would not be having this discussion. Two, based on that I can assume you have a dual boot setup. One partition running OS X the other Windows XP. You are using the Darwin boot loader to choose which OS you want at startup. If I am wrong on any of the above please correct me. OK, so on your Windows partition you have an installation of XP using all the actual drivers (i.e. If you have a ATI x1600 video card you are using the ATI video driver). Windows unlike OS X is VERY unforgiving when you change you hardware. If you tried to boot that install in Parallels, none of those drivers would function properly.... I am just thinking about something here....I think I may be a little TOO sure of this answer....If Parallels supports a bootcamp partition which I assume runs native (non-virtualized) drivers, then maybe you CAN use your existing Windows installation. I am going to defer an answer to someone who uses Parallels with boot camp and knows a bit more about the driver situation. For example does it use the generic VM drivers that Parallels would use in a non-Boot Camp environment or does it use drivers that are true matches to you hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakhra Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 A fresh install of Windows XP. Let me try to be more clear. Number one, I assume you are on a hackintosh. If you were on an actual Mac then I would assume the Windows XP you have installed would be under BootCamp. If that was the case we would not be having this discussion. Two, based on that I can assume you have a dual boot setup. One partition running OS X the other Windows XP. You are using the Darwin boot loader to choose which OS you want at startup. If I am wrong on any of the above please correct me. OK, so on your Windows partition you have an installation of XP using all the actual drivers (i.e. If you have a ATI x1600 video card you are using the ATI video driver). Windows unlike OS X is VERY unforgiving when you change you hardware. If you tried to boot that install in Parallels, none of those drivers would function properly.... I am just thinking about something here....I think I may be a little TOO sure of this answer....If Parallels supports a bootcamp partition which I assume runs native (non-virtualized) drivers, then maybe you CAN use your existing Windows installation. I am going to defer an answer to someone who uses Parallels with boot camp and knows a bit more about the driver situation. For example does it use the generic VM drivers that Parallels would use in a non-Boot Camp environment or does it use drivers that are true matches to you hardware. 1.) I am using a dual-boot setup but with Acronis OS Selector. I have 2 separate HDD's, one with Mac OS X and the other with Windows XP Home. Finally, I would answer the question ""does it use the generic VM drivers that Parallels would use in a non-Boot Camp environment or does it use drivers that are true matches to you hardware." but i do not understand it toomuch. Thanks for you help Errand, please reply promptly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 OK, here is an example of what I am talking about regarding the drivers. My system has a GMA 950 graphics adapter. If I were to do a true dual-boot, Windows XP would use the GMA 950 drivers for Windows XP. Instead I run Parallels from a file not a full partition. This means I don't have dual boot, I can only run Windows from within Mac OS X through Parallels. Now if you go into my Windows XP installation and look at the device manager, I do not use a GMA950 driver, I use the virtual video driver called "Parallels Video Driver" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakhra Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 So you want me tp tell you my graphics driver? it is Intel® 82945G Express Chipset Family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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